Mansfield train crash investigation continues

Monday

Jul 7, 2014 at 7:36 AMJul 7, 2014 at 6:34 PM

By Susan Parkou Weinsteinsweinstein@wickedlocal.com

The Bristol County District Attorney ‘s office continues to investigate the late night train crash on June 22 that killed three people.DA spokesman Gregg Miliote said it could take up to 12 weeks to get the toxicology reports on the victims who were in a Land Rover traveling along the rail right of way at the time they were hit.He said there did not appeal to be any foul play involved and the investigation was not criminal in nature."Why they were on the tracks may never be answered," he said.The Amtrak Northeast Regional train was heading to Boston from Washington, D.C. and carrying almost 200 passengers. It was going an estimated 120 mph when it slammed into the rear of the vehicle in which Emily Jane Harrop, 26, of North Attleboro, Zachary Aaron Keene, 26, of Norton, and David Curry, 28, of Foxboro, were riding.The crash occurred in a heavily wooded, inaccessible area between the Gilbert Street and Elm Street overpasses near the Old Country Store & Emporium in West Mansfield.Local, state and Mass Transit police all responded to the grisly scene to help recover the wreckage of the vehicle and the bodies of the victims.But state Department of Transportation spokesman Joe Pesaturo said Mass Transit police were not involved in the investigation because it was an Amtrak train."Transit police provide assistance but railroad accidents that do not involve MBTA trains are led by local law enforcement departments or state police investigators assigned to a district attorney's office," he said.Harrop, a Norton native, was a coordinator for the Hockomock Area YMCA.Raynham native Keene, who owned the Land Rover, was a bass guitarist who performed with many local area bands and worked as a sound engineer for Middlehouse Sound in Carver, Audio Visual Productions in Boston, and the Fusion 5 Nightclub in Foxboro.Curry, 28, was a self-employed disc jockey who performed under the name of "DJ DC".None of the passengers were seriously injured.